Difference between revisions of "1637"
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*[[Matsumae castle]] burns down. It is rebuilt two years later. | *[[Matsumae castle]] burns down. It is rebuilt two years later. | ||
*[[Poll tax]]es are first collected in the [[Yaeyama Islands|Yaeyama]] and [[Miyako Islands]]. | *[[Poll tax]]es are first collected in the [[Yaeyama Islands|Yaeyama]] and [[Miyako Islands]]. | ||
| + | *Shogunate begins using ''[[nengo|nengô]]'' (Japanese era names) in correspondence with Korea. | ||
===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 17 October 2010
Kan'ei 14 (寛永十四年)
Timeline of 1637
1637/10/25 Shimabara Rebellion: Christian peasant uprising begins in Shimabara and the Amakusa Islands, near Nagasaki, continuing until the 2nd month of the following year.
Other Events of 1637
- A Korean embassy travels to Edo and to Nikkô Tôshôgû.
- Matsumae castle burns down. It is rebuilt two years later.
- Poll taxes are first collected in the Yaeyama and Miyako Islands.
- Shogunate begins using nengô (Japanese era names) in correspondence with Korea.
Births and Deaths
- 1637/11/16 Emperor Go-Sai is born (d. 1685).
- Hon'ami Kôetsu dies (b. 1588).
- Honda Masazumi dies (b. 1566).
- Kinoshita Tokifusa dies (b. 1573).
- Matsuura Takanobu dies (b. 1591).
- Niwa Nagashige dies (b. 1571).
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